Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Phoenixville Mining District, Schuylkill Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA

mindat Locality ID: 16508
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16508.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Phoenixville Mining District, Schuylkill Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Brookdale Mine
Buckwater Mine
Charleston Mine
Chester County Mine
Chrisman Mine
Montgomery Mine
Morris Mine
Napolean Mine (Jug Hollow MIne)
Pennypacker Mine
Phoenix Mine
Southwest Chester County Mine (New Chester County Mine)
Wheatley Mines

Latitude: 40°6'4"N
Longitude: 75°31'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.101111111111,-75.527777777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Oxalate	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Vivianite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Erythrite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mendipite ()*
Microcline ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Palygorskite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Wheatleyite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Si V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Oxalate Palygorskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur Vivianite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			4	262711,262714,262716,262722	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	262722	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	262722	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	262711,262722	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	262711,262722	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			0		5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	262722	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	262711,262716,262722	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			6	262711,262713,262714,262715,262721,262722	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			0		925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			6	262711,262713,262714,262716,262721,262722	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	262711	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			2	262711,262722	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	262722	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	262722	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)			2	262711,262722	378
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	262716,262722	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			0		944
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	262722	814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			2	262711,262722	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			5	262711,262714,262716,262721,262722	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	262711	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			3	262711,262716,262722	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			2	262711,262722	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	262722	1066
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	262722	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			0		987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	262711,262722	12537
Mendipite ()*	None	Pb₃O₂Cl₂			0		17
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			0		4924
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			2	262711,262722	1107
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)			0		362
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			0		2349
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O			0		306
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			0		767
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	262722	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	262711,262716	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			8	262711,262713,262714,262715,262716,262720,262721,262722	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			7	262711,262713,262714,262715,262720,262721,262722	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	262722	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	262716	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			5	262711,262713,262714,262721,262722	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	262722	2045
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			1	262722	605
Wheatleyite ()*	Oxalate	Na₂Cu(C₂O₄)₂·2H₂O	0	0	1	262722	1
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			6	262711,262713,262714,262720,262721,262722	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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